Donate A Horse

Both Thoroughbreds and Standardbreds off the track are accepted into the program.

Donations to New Vocations are tax-deductible to the extent of the law. Equine donors receive a letter of acknowledgement stating the horse was donated to a 501 (c) (3) public charity. A CPA should be consulted for the value of the donation.

Horse Requirements

New Vocations accepts mares and geldings two years or older. All horses must have recently been racing or in race training. Stallions need to be castrated and given a few weeks healing time before arrival.

Horses must have: a current coggins, front shoes, and be up-to-date on worming and vaccinations. A profile of the horse’s disposition, injuries (old and new), limitations, habits, and any joint injections or illnesses in the previous three months should accompany each individual along with the name, address, and phone number of both the owner and the trainer.

Donors must provide transportation for the horse to a New Vocations facility. Staff can help arrange commercial shipping, if needed.

We request the original Registration Papers so your horse has the ability to be registered with several upper level Horse Showing organizations, such as the United States Dressage Federation. Papers are permanently stamped Not For Racing as well as New Vocations’ logo and contact information, should your horse ever need a home in the future – people will hold on to and pass on Registration Papers 100% more than a piece of paper with our information or an Adoption Contract. We also hold the Registration papers until the 12 month update has been submitted by the adopter.

Horses coming to New Vocations need to be sound for riding and have an agreeable temperament. We can only take injured horses if the donor is willing to cover the board until it’s rehabilitated. Please do not send horses with neurological symptoms, joint infections, or acute degenerative joint disease as these individuals face a poor quality of life and often must be euthanized.

Mandatory Updates of Adopted Horse

New Vocations follows up on each horse for one year to ensure a successful transition. Mandatory updates required of adopters are shared with the former owners who may also correspond if they wish. At the end of one year, the adopter may sell the horse, but not to a dealer or through an auction, and must provide New Vocations with the new owner’s contact information. This is why horses need to have a skill and a degree of future usefulness to carry them over once they leave the protective umbrella of the program.

Sponsor Donated Horse

Please consider sponsoring the donated horse while in the care of our program. A monetary donation may be required if the donated horse will need time to heal from an injury. A monthly donation until the horse is adopted or a one-time contribution can be made.

Please allow a few days for Anna Ford or Winnie Nemeth to contact you. At that time, you will be notified if the horse has been accepted into the program and to what facility it will go. To speed up the process, please send copies of coggins, health records and x-rays (if horse is injured) along with the application.

Please indicate if you are able to sponsor the Donated Horse with a tax-deductible donation to New Vocations:

Donation amount (ex: 9999.99, no '$' or ','):

Attach Copy of Current Coggins

Attach Veterinary Records

Attach Copy of Registration Papers

Attach Copy of Racing Record

Attach Recent Photograph of Donated Horse

I understand a donation is
subject to
New Vocations review and approval of this application. If this application is accepted I understand and
agree to the following: By delivery of the Donated Horse to New Vocations, I transfer complete ownership
of
the Donated Horse to New Vocations, which includes the care, custody and control of the animal, and the
right to transfer ownership/registration to New Vocations or to a person or organization adopting the
Donated Horse. New Vocations shall have sole and full discretion on the care and disposition of the
horse,
to include making decisions on veterinary treatment or procedures; adoption of the horse to persons or
organizations deemed suitable by New Vocations determines suitable; or euthanasia.

New Vocations shall not be
responsible for any fees, including boarding fees. New Vocations will not pay any fees to past
providers,
and Donator will indemnify and hold New Vocations harmless from any claim arising or lien asserted from
such
past care of the Donated Horse.

Liability and risk of loss
remains
with Donor until New Vocations is in actual possession of the Donated Horse.

After acceptance of the delivery
of
the Donated Horse, New Vocations will provide a receipt acknowledging possession of the animal to the
listed
donor. New Vocations is not able to provide an opinion on value, therefore Donor should arrange for the
valuation of the animal prior to delivery, if a tax deduction is desired.

All matters arising from this
donation to New Vocations will be construed under the laws of the State of Kentucky, and any action by
either property shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in Fayette County, Lexington.

This Agreement contains the
entire
agreement of the parties and there are no promises, agreements, representations or warranties other than
those contained herein or expressly incorporated by reference. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts by fax or electronic signatures, which counterparts shall be fully enforceable as a single
original document.